THIRTEENTH EXHIBITION OF THE AMERICAN POMOLO- 



GICAL SOCIETY. 



To the President and Members of the Michigan State Pomological Society: 



Gentlemen: — Your delegation elected to attend the thir- 

 teenth session of the American Pomological Society, respect- 

 fully offer the following report of the observations and results 

 of the journey : 



FIRST day's PEOGEEDINGS. 



The first day of the joint exhibition of the American Pom- 

 ological and Virginia State Horticultural and Pomological 

 Societies 'must have been sufficient to convince the most scep- 

 tical and desponding of its success. Men largely engaged in 

 fruit culture, and who have attended the annual meetings of 

 the national society for years, concur in expressing the opinion 

 that no more varied and attractive assortment of fine fruits 

 has ever been collected under one roof in this country. Cer- 

 tainly no exhibition of the American Pomological Society has 

 been more successful in this respect. And we may add that it 

 is also an unparalleled success in the large attendance of mem- 

 bers of the society, and other intelligent gentlemen from all 

 parts of the Union, a majority of whom evidently come full of 

 the spirit of professional or amateur pomologists, and with an 

 unmistakable desire to see all that is to be seen, and to obtain 

 as well as to impart information. 



ASSEMBLY HALL, 



in which the exhibition is held, has been well fitted up for the 

 purpose. The front of the building is prettily festooned with 

 cedar, and a large lantern suspended over the main entrance 



